Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt (* 2. April 1945 in Morristown , New Jersey as Lydia Susanna Hunter ) is an American actress and Oscar -Preisträgerin.
Life
Linda Hunt studied directing at the Goodman Theater School of Drama in Chicago . The only 1.45 m tall actress made her film debut in 1980 in the musical comedy Popeye - The Sailor with the Hard Blow , in which she appeared alongside Robin Williams . In 1983, she was awarded an Oscar for best supporting actress for portraying male photographer Billy Kwan in Peter Weir's drama A Year in Hell . Hunt is the first and so far only woman to receive an Oscar for portraying a man.
In 1985 she starred in the Western Silverado alongside Kevin Kline , Scott Glenn and Kevin Costner , in 1990 in Kindergarten Cop alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger , and in 1997 in the horror film The Relict alongside Penelope Ann Miller and Tom Sizemore . The scenes with her in the western comedy Maverick - Den Colt on the Belt, An Ace Up Your Sleeve (1994) were not used in the final version of the film. Hunt starred in the 1993 mini-television series Space Rangers . She has been a regular in the television series Navy CIS: LA since 2009.
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: Popeye - The Sailor with the Hard Blow (Popeye)
- 1982: The Year of Living Dangerously (The Year of Living Dangerously)
- 1984: The Desert Planet (Dune)
- 1984: The Bostonians (The Bostonians)
- 1985: Eleni
- 1985: Silverado
- 1987: Basements ( The dumb waiter / The room))
- 1987: Waiting for the Moon
- 1989: The devil (She-Devil)
- 1990: Kindergarten cop
- 1991: Teen Agent - If looks could kill (If Looks Could Kill)
- 1992: Rain Without Thunder
- 1993: Space Rangers (6-part television series)
- 1993: Twenty Bucks - money doesn't stink - or does it? (Twenty Bucks)
- 1992-1993: Younger and Younger
- 1994: Prêt-à-Porter
- 1995: Pocahontas (voice)
- 1996: American Shrimps (Eat Your Heart Out)
- 1997: The Relic (The Relic)
- 1997–2002: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , TV series, 23 episodes)
- 2001: Under the sign of the dragonfly (Dragonfly)
- 2003, 2005: Carnivàle (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2005: Your , Mine and Ours (Yours, Mine and Ours)
- 2006: The Singing Revolution
- 2007: Stranger Than Fiction (Stranger Than Fiction)
- 2007–2008: The Unit ( The Unit , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2008: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, 3 episodes)
- since 2009: Navy CIS: LA ( NCIS: Los Angeles , TV series)
- 2014: Scorpion (TV series, episode 1x06)
- 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story (voice)
Awards and nominations
- A year in hell: Oscar for best supporting actress
- A Year in Hell: Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A year in hell: Australian Film Institute Jury Prize together with Peter Weir
- A Year in Hell: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A Year in Hell: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A Year in Hell: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A Year in Hell: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A Year in Hell: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
- A Year in Hell: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress with Mia Farrow for Zelig
- A Year in Hell: Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Drama
Individual evidence
Web links
- Linda Hunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on Kino.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunt, Linda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morristown , New Jersey, United States |